Quote Originally Posted by Oneironaut Zero View Post
I think this is a pretty big (and most-likely incorrect) assumption.

This is why customer service representatives, salesmen and the like have "role play" as a training method. It is because going through the motions (even if you know that it is just a simulation) does help force familiarity with the situation, and improves performance.
But this is direct interaction with a personal in reality. I heard about a study once that showed the brain responds differently to communication online, even if its video chat, then when you are face to face with another human being. I propose that in the dream it would be similar, and the mixture of that, an altered conscious state, and unrealistic bizarre conversation and reaction from DCs will dampen any social growth on the dreamers part.